Nicholas Alvarez, 36, is accused of violently pimping several women for years, hitting some with a baseball bat when they tried to flee.

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A federal jury began deliberations late Thursday afternoon in the trial of a 36-year-old man accused of violently pimping several women for years, hitting some with a baseball bat when they tried to flee and forcing others to have his street alias, "Babyface," tattooed on their bodies.

At the beginning of the two-week trial at federal court in White Plains, Nicholas Alvarez, 36, appeared relaxed and frequently mugged for his young daughter, who sat in the public gallery, but by Thursday, when prosecutors and defense lawyers presented their final arguments, his daughter was nowhere to be ...